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Topaz with 'SMOKY' Quartz

$6,400.00

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Sometimes size isn't everything. In this miniature specimen from the remote Murzinka mine (Mursinsk), a textbook, perfectly formed terminated prismatic Topaz crystal, 18 mm in length, rises up from a small bed of Feldspar with coarse, frosted, pale Smoky Quartz crystals. The Topaz crystal is glassy and colourless, with a faint blue tint, and has perfect, undamaged faces. A fine pegmatite specimen from a much sought after old-time classic location.

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Species
Topaz, QuartzAbout Topaz →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions3.7 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Murzinka MineRegional guide →
SKUCC7594

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Topaz
Mineral guide
Learn about Topaz
hard, glassy orthorhombic crystals from pegmatites and rhyolites; colors range from colorless to pink; sharp terminations aid identification, localitie…
Topaz
Regional guide
Topaz from Murzinka Mine, Russia
from Murzinka Mine belongs to the old Russian pegmatite tradition: pale blue to colorless crystals, sharply glassy, often displayed on feldspar, albite, or smoky quartz rather than as loose gem rough. The best pieces have an unmistakably 19th-century elegance—cool, transparent topaz rising from pale feldspar or dark smoky quartz, with the restrained color and crisp orthorhombic geometry that made the Urals a classic source long before modern blue topaz treatment flooded the gem market.